Gravensteen used to be a wool factory, cotton mill, worker’s accommodation, metal fabrication workshop and mint manufacture.
But what made Gravensteen the most famous, was being a court of justice and dungeon.
Though not until the 18th century did the prison sentences were introduced to society, as a high court, there was a need for keeping the criminals and those who were waiting for the interrogation, the basements of Gravensteen became that cold and damp prisons.
Think about what we’ve seen on the television of how they made people confess in the past centuries-
torturing with the props.
Due to this background and all those torturing props preserved in the castle, people usually said that Gravansteen is a castle of blood, horror and cruelty.
But after finishing the audio tour, I suddenly felt like, it’s more like an unwelcome ill-fated suburban Count: overbearing, arrogant and rich.
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